A Defined Tuberculosis Vaccine Candidate Boosts BCG and Protects Against Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Author:

Bertholet Sylvie1,Ireton Gregory C.1,Ordway Diane J.2,Windish Hillarie Plessner1,Pine Samuel O.1,Kahn Maria1,Phan Tony1,Orme Ian M.2,Vedvick Thomas S.1,Baldwin Susan L.1,Coler Rhea N.1,Reed Steven G.1

Affiliation:

1. Infectious Disease Research Institute, 1124 Columbia Street, Suite 400, Seattle, WA 98104, USA.

2. Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80253, USA.

Abstract

A vaccine with a four-protein fusion peptide from Mycobacterium tuberculosis effectively boosts the current childhood TB vaccine and protects against drug-resistant TB.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

General Medicine

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